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PATENT OFFICE.

'ALONZO D. HOBBIE, OF BERGEN POINT, NEW JERSEY.

CASE OF PlGEON-HOLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,004, dated February1, 1887.

' Application filed August 13, 1886. Serial No. 210,809. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO D. HOBBIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bergen Point, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases ofPigeon-Holes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of this invention is to provide a case of pigeon-holes forthe reception of papers, which pi goon-holes may be varied in their sizein accordance with the number of papers to be placed thereinthat is tosay, a case of pigeon-holes which may be expanded or contracted oradjusted to the number of papers to be placed therein; and to this endthc invention consists in a case of pigeonholes constructed and arrangedsubstantially as herein after more particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of 'which likeparts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a perspective view showingalso in dotted lines the parts in extended position. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the adjustable partition. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofone of the shelves; and Fig. iisa sectional view of the partition shownin Fig. 2, taken on dotted line 00 00.

The case a is of any suitable shape and size, and has a bottom board,two side boards, and a back board, the front and top being open. Withinthis case I arrange on opposite sides pairs of lazy-tongs, b. A seriesof shelves, 0, is then connected to the pairs of lazy-tongs at theintersections of the crossing legs of said lazy-tongs. Thelowermostshelf slides in ways 0 in the sides of the casing to guide and steady itin its motion. Each shelf is provided with alongitudinal slit, d, alsowith thumb-holes e, and at the rear with guards f,which guards serve tostop the papers and prevent them from falling off the shelves backward.

The partition 9, Fig. 2, consists of a wedgelike foundation-piece, h,secured to the bottom shelf of the series of shelves, and having pivotedto-it ate a board, 3, which board is connected at its forward end by apin, k, with asegmental slot, Z, in the foundation-piece h. A centerpiece, 1%, of this partition has upon opposite sides vertical ways n,having end lugs, a and a, on opposite sides, which engage stop-pinsn non the boardsj and 0, to permit them to slide one upon the othertelescopically within the limits of said ways. The uppermost board, 0,of the partition is provided with a piece, q, attached to the top shelf,which piece is the counterpartin the construction and operation of thepiece h, and these two pieces h and q permit the partition to adjustitselfto the inclination of the shelves as they are extended andcontracted. The series of shelves thus arranged are provided with a backpiece, 1', hinged to the lower shelf, and a cover, 1", and a door, 8,which are hinged together and adapted to be turned up and back,

as indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 1, the

piece 1" dropping into ndtches r in the side pieces of the frame tosustain it. The partition 9 extends up through the slots (1 in theseriesof shelves 0, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be obvious that if the upper shelf be drawn upward from the casethe lazytongs will separate the series of shelves one from theother agreater or less extent, and that if it be moved downwardinto the casethe shelves will be by their lazy-tongs forced closer together, therebyaccommodating the case of pigeon-holes to the number of papers to beplaced therein.

What I claim isv 1. A case ofpigeon-holes,adapted to be extended andcontracted to conform-to the number of papers to be placed therein,consisting of an upper and a lower shelf, a series of intermediateshelves, pairs of lazy-tongs fast to the upper and lower shelves andalso united to each of the intermediate shelves, and thus connecting allof said shelves, and the back, top, and front pieces, r, r, and s,hinged together, and the case a, within which the shelves and lazy-tongsare arranged, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a series of shelves, lazy-tongs connecting thesame, a self conforming partition, and a casing for the whole,substantially as described.

3. A case of pigeon-holes, adapted to be extended and contracted toconform to the number of papers to be placedtherein, consisting of anupper and a lower shelf, a series of intermediate shelves, pairs oflazy-tongs fast to the upper and lowershelves' and connecting all ofsaid shelves, and a self-conf0rming partitioneo-operating with saidshelves and lazytongs, substantially as described.

4. In an adjustable pigeon-hole case, a self- 5 conforming partition insaid pigeon-holes, c0nb1y-c0nnected back, top, and front pieces, M"

In testimony whereoflhztve hereunto set my hand this 5th day of August,A. D. 1886 SlSiSlllf" of aseries of inovably-connectedboards T A andtlie pivoted end pieces, h q, substantially ALO) Z0 HOBBIB' \Vitnesses:

DE WITT VAN BUsKmK, HORACE Ronnuson.

as described.

5. A case of adjustable pigeon-holes sub- 10 stnntially as set forth,provided with the flexi-

